The comparative analysis of the two samples has made the understanding of spatial representations of children in Lyon and Cracow possible. We see th at for pupils of both countries there are common elements for shells of spatial representations. Thus, for the representations of the city there is a superiority of "situated" neighborhood and the city shells. But there is also differences in the representation of the city, the pupils from Lyon (especially those from Ainay) prefer "situated nei ghborhood" shells unlike the Polish who prefer "situated city". The main conclusion shows the indication of the geographical situation of neighborhoods. This study permits to state that the pupils from downtown district in Lyon have mostly shells belonging to the category "situated neighborhood". The analysis pe rmits to evaluate the phenomenon of central area. It shows the role played by the location of the neighborhood within the city and the division of space into "regular" and "exceptional" as a result. It is consistent with the in terpretations of A. Moles and E. Rohmer (1978) that "urban life is polarized by the existence of a center which its inhabitants go towards" and who consider a separate wing of the "center" ar ea of the city as "privileged".
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